Quote: “The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others wish to join us.” - Hubert Humphrey

Learning Targets:1. Binet created the first intelligence test and developed the concept of mental age, but Terman's revision, the Stanford-Binet, created a way to compute an IQ score.2. Aptitude tests predict future success and achievement tests assess what individuals already know.3. When designing tests, psychometricians focus on standardization, reliability, validity, and culture fairness.4. Normal distributions are bell-shaped curves in which most scores fall near the average and the percentage of scores between standard deviations is fixed by a formula.5. Reliability refers to a test being repeatable and validity refers to a test being accurate.- Explain the theories that have been created for understanding intelligence- Compare the different modes of intelligence testing- Explain how the range of mental abilities, from creativity and giftedness to mental retardation, can be identified, explained, & understood.

Essential Questions:- How much of intelligence is inherited, and how much is due to upbringing?- What exactly is intelligence, and what do test scores mean?- Why do some people with high IQ scores become underachievers, while others with average IQ scores become leaders? - How does intelligence related to creativity and artistic or athletic abilities?

Agenda:

1. DO NOW: Does intelligence change over time? If not, why? If so, how much?

The "Living Camera" Stephen Wiltshire and his amazing ability to draw!

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tuesday, Nov 4, 2014Quote: “An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.” - Pope John Paul I

Learning Targets:1. Binet created the first intelligence test and developed the concept of mental age, but Terman's revision, the Stanford-Binet, created a way to compute an IQ score.2. Aptitude tests predict future success and achievement tests assess what individuals already know.3. When designing tests, psychometricians focus on standardization, reliability, validity, and culture fairness.4. Normal distributions are bell-shaped curves in which most scores fall near the average and the percentage of scores between standard deviations is fixed by a formula.5. Reliability refers to a test being repeatable and validity refers to a test being accurate.- Explain the theories that have been created for understanding intelligence- Compare the different modes of intelligence testing- Explain how the range of mental abilities, from creativity and giftedness to mental retardation, can be identified, explained, & understood.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Wednesday, Nov 5, 2014 and Thursday, Nov 6 2014Quote: “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” - Waldo EmersonLearning Targets:Motivation: It is the drive to begin or maintain behavior.

If you learn only 5 things from this Unit...1. Human motivation is complex, and while there are a number of theories, none by itself sufficiently explains our behavior.2. Biological motivation includes the role of the hypothalamus, which maintains a state called homeostasis.3. Theories of social motivation, including the need for achievement and the hierarchy of needs, show the importance of understanding motivation in the context of our environments.4. Emotions can be explained through a variety of theoretical perspectives, each arguing that emotion emerges in conjunction with physiological response to stimuli.

Learning Objectives:- How and why people are motivated?- Different types of motivation- The importance of emotion in human behavior

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Friday, Nov 7, 2014Quote: “Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom.” - Earl Shoaf

If you learn only 5 things from this Unit...1. Human motivation is complex, and while there are a number of theories, none by itself sufficiently explains our behavior.2. Biological motivation includes the role of the hypothalamus, which maintains a state called homeostasis.3. Theories of social motivation, including the need for achievement and the hierarchy of needs, show the importance of understanding motivation in the context of our environments.4. Emotions can be explained through a variety of theoretical perspectives, each arguing that emotion emerges in conjunction with physiological response to stimuli.